When Lara Trump addressed a South Carolina crowd ahead of Saturday’s Republican primary in the state, her message was hardly subtle. “I can assure you that my loyalty is to my father-in-law and I will make sure that every penny is used properly,” she said, referring to Donald Trump’s recent endorsement of his son’s wife as co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
Now that Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary and is slated to become the nominee, he is presumably in a much better position to have his daughter-in-law allocate RNC funds to pay his legal fees should she assumes the roll of RNC co-chair. “That’s why people are furious right now. And they see the attacks against him. They feel like it’s an attack not just on Donald Trump but on this country. So, yeah, I think that is a big interest to people, absolutely,” she said, adding: “Having someone like me in there I think will go a long way for people.”
The RNC isn’t the only fundraising organization associated with Trump that’s having trouble raising money.
These remarks followed Trump announcing that he was endorsing his daughter-in-law for RNC co-chair, along with election denier and chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, Michael Whatley, for chair. There will obviously be some internal RNC drama about Lara Trump’s new RNC mandate, but it’s hard to imagine that Trump won’t eventually win out.
The story of current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel stepping down was first reported in The New York Times in early February. This story didn’t include any comments from McDaniel, but noted that “a press officer for the Republican National Committee did not respond to requests for comment.” Keith Schipper, a spokesman for the RNC, later posted on X that “nothing has changed. This will be decided after South Carolina.”
McDaniel has been a Trump soldier since assuming the job, and who, you may recall, dropped her famous uncle’s name at the request of…
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